Dosimetry techniques for narrow proton beam radiosurgery

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2789-2801

  Vatnitsky, S M ^a   Miller, D W ^a   Moyers, M F ^a   Levy, R P ^a   Schulte, R W ^a   Slater, J D ^a   Slater, J M ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FILM; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TECHNIQUE;

CALIBRATION; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOSURGERY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0032755939     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/11/308     Document Type: Article

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